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The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
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The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.
N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)

The tide! And the stones were wet where the water had been.

Charcoal on paper
1924
dimensions unavailable
SUPP2000.2022
known by reproduction only
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When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
When I tried with cracked lips and swollen tongue to babble of what I had witnessed, he called me a liar and threw stones at me so that I had to crawl into a crevice in the rocks to dodge the missiles.
N.C. Wyeth
1914
Where there had been no tree, now there was a tree.  It changed the plain
Where there had been no tree, now there was a tree. It changed the plain
N.C. Wyeth
1930
". . . with stones . . . he shaped them into rude knives."
". . . with stones . . . he shaped them into rude knives."
N.C. Wyeth
1906
Mill Stones Study
Mill Stones Study
Andrew Wyeth
1968
Charlie Stone's Fish House
Charlie Stone's Fish House
Andrew Wyeth
1977
Helen descends the Glen of Stones
Helen descends the Glen of Stones
N.C. Wyeth
1921
Untitled (still life with water jug)
Untitled (still life with water jug)
N.C. Wyeth
Prior to 1902
Untitled (study for A Wet Night at the Roundup)
Untitled (study for A Wet Night at the Roundup)
Peter Hurd
ca. 1973
Untitled (study for A Wet Night at the Roundup)
Untitled (study for A Wet Night at the Roundup)
Peter Hurd
ca. 1973
I had many friends among professional thieves.  From the very first I had been "right"
I had many friends among professional thieves. From the very first I had been "right"
N.C. Wyeth
ca. 1913
There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward.  And there were the two frigates, but they might as well have been chasing a star.
There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. And there were the two frigates, but they might as well have been chasing a star.
N.C. Wyeth
1911
When, next night, two horror-stricken faces peered through this doorway, the three still sat where Tsaga had left them.
When, next night, two horror-stricken faces peered through this doorway, the three still sat where Tsaga had left them.
N.C. Wyeth
1913

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